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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France’s President Emmanuel Macron that talks on a post Brexit deal cannot drag on into the autumn, as the French leader visited London to mark the 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle’s … Continue reading Brexit deadline looms over day of Anglo-French solidarity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Mexican companies and individuals and two oil tankers under a program meant to pressure the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Tim Ahmann … Continue reading U.S. sanctions Mexican firms, individuals over links to Venezuela
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign ministry said on Thursday it would monitor the continuity of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program in the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to … Continue reading Mexico’s foreign ministry says it will monitor U.S. DACA program developments
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about police reform before signing an executive order on the issue in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said … Continue reading Facebook takes down Trump ads over ‘organized hate’ policy
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will switch to the Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple’s iPhone, … Continue reading UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app to use Google-Apple model
LONDON (Reuters) – Standing apart on either side of a strip of red carpet outside Number 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron demonstrated the unusual reality of international diplomacy in the coronavirus era. Macron’s … Continue reading Diplomacy in the time of coronavirus: Johnson and Macron trade bows, thumbs up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants – often called … Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court blocks Trump bid to end ‘Dreamers’ immigrant program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Portraits of four former House of Representatives speakers who served the Confederacy will be removed from the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday. The portraits will be removed on Friday, the Juneteenth holiday marking … Continue reading Portraits of former Confederate House speakers to be removed: Pelosi
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed between small toy people figures in front of a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it took down certain … Continue reading Facebook takes down certain posts, ads from Trump re-election campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – Vera Lynn, the singer who became a symbol of hope in Britain during World War Two and again during the coronavirus pandemic with her song “We’ll Meet Again”, died at the age of 103 on Thursday. Known … Continue reading Vera Lynn, voice of hope in wartime Britain, dies at 103
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will switch to Apple and Google technology for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching its homegrown system which was not working well enough on Apple’s iPhone, the government said on Thursday. A 3D printed Google logo is … Continue reading UK ditches COVID-19 app model to use Google-Apple system
LONDON (Reuters) – London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of history and racism. FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past Lloyd’s building in … Continue reading Explainer: London faces up to former role insuring Atlantic slave trade
